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Cumberland (City of Rhode Is- It)

a city of Rhode Is- It is on the land, in Providence co. It is on the Blackstone river, and on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. In the neighborhood are granite quarries of importance. Its manufactures include horseshoes, cotton, silk, and worsted goods, and women's clothing. The town contains the only Cistercian Trappist monastery in New England: Pop. (1910) 10,107; (1920) 10,077 .

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